A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Volume 1 |
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... passed - Excites great alarm in the colonies - Resolutions of the Virginia house of burgesses against it - Meeting of a congress of the colo- nies in 1765 - Declaration of rights and petitions of this congress in opposition to the stamp ...
... passed - Excites great alarm in the colonies - Resolutions of the Virginia house of burgesses against it - Meeting of a congress of the colo- nies in 1765 - Declaration of rights and petitions of this congress in opposition to the stamp ...
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... passing laws , un- til a compliance with the mutiny act --- Massachusetts among the first to oppose the new duties --- Circular letter of the house of representatives of that province --- Disapproved by the ministry --- The house ...
... passing laws , un- til a compliance with the mutiny act --- Massachusetts among the first to oppose the new duties --- Circular letter of the house of representatives of that province --- Disapproved by the ministry --- The house ...
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... passed over to the American coast . He here attempted to find a passage through Davis ' Straits , but in vain . He then sail- ed along the coast as far south as the bay of Chesapeak ; and on his return , visited the bay of Delaware ...
... passed over to the American coast . He here attempted to find a passage through Davis ' Straits , but in vain . He then sail- ed along the coast as far south as the bay of Chesapeak ; and on his return , visited the bay of Delaware ...
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... passed the Allegany mountains , entered the country of the Ohio , and in ten years space , discovered several branches not only of the Ohio , but of the Mississippi itself . * And there is strong ground to believe , that la Salle ...
... passed the Allegany mountains , entered the country of the Ohio , and in ten years space , discovered several branches not only of the Ohio , but of the Mississippi itself . * And there is strong ground to believe , that la Salle ...
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... passed by these commissioners , were subject to be repealed , by a major vote of the freemen , assembled in town meetings , called for that purpose . A president and four assistants , were chosen annu- ally , to be conservators of the ...
... passed by these commissioners , were subject to be repealed , by a major vote of the freemen , assembled in town meetings , called for that purpose . A president and four assistants , were chosen annu- ally , to be conservators of the ...
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